Sunrise at Oxbow Bend

Paul Kammen · Sep 22, 2019

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
ƒ/14
35mm
1/3s
ISO 250
Flash not fired
Mon, 24 September 2018 8:07 AM

I spent a few days here last fall and this was sunrise one morning. Though shooting some HDR, this is a single exposure. Thanks for any feedback.

Paul Kammen

7DII, ISO 250, f 14 0.3 sec exposure, 35mm.

Jonathan Ashton · Sep 28, 2019

Hey I've been there!! What a super location I thought Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons was magical and so is the lighting on this image. I may be tempted to reduce purple and magenta just a little - not to eliminate just reduce slightly and I would crop some water off the base to a little below the snow reflection.
There appears to be some noise in the image, I wouldn't have expected this at ISO 250.

John Mack · Oct 1, 2019

Great colors in this one. The sky and water look quite noisy. The composition is right on. Like the geese as well.

Paul Kammen · Oct 5, 2019

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback. I think the noise was from post processing as I ran "detail extractor" on NIK which tends to enhance noise...here's another version I think is a little better.

35mm on the 17-55, f14, ISO 250 0.3 sec exposure.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
ƒ/14
35mm
1/3s
ISO 250
Flash not fired
Mon, 24 September 2018 8:07 AM
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh)

Paul Kammen · Oct 5, 2019

And one more...

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
ƒ/14
35mm
1/3s
ISO 250
Flash not fired
Mon, 24 September 2018 8:07 AM
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh)

Andrew McLachlan · Nov 26, 2019

The 3rd version works better for me. When using Detail Extractor or Tonal Contrast on landscape imagery I find it almost essential to erase any effects of the filter from the sky, water, or other similar textures that will become noisy when the filter is applied.

Sunrise at Oxbow Bend

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